COBOL
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COBOL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBOL over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 790 | 945 | 1101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +155 | +156 | -226 |
| Permanent jobs citing COBOL | 121 | 54 | 112 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.052% | 0.072% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.36% | 0.12% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 104 | 24 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £49,750 | £40,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,809 | £55,313 | £51,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £73,805 | £64,750 | £67,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.98% | -3.36% | +41.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,964 | £77,715 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £116,070 | £90,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £73,805 | £66,750 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.57% | -1.11% | +42.11% |
All Programming Languages
UK
COBOL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,199 | 44,762 | 84,208 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.70% | 43.22% | 53.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,953 | 28,538 | 44,073 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,350 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.09% | +6.70% |
COBOL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COBOL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
COBOL
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBOL.
COBOL
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing COBOL over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
COBOL
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBOL within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +64 | 119 | £73,805 | +10.57% | 8 |
| England | +151 | 109 | £73,805 | +13.98% | 13 |
| Work from Home | +154 | 96 | £73,805 | +6.27% | 8 |
| North of England | +89 | 71 | £73,805 | +6.27% | 7 |
| North West | +28 | 29 | £73,805 | +6.27% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +109 | 24 | £73,805 | -26.74% | 3 |
| South East | +35 | 23 | £55,000 | +22.22% | |
| London | +135 | 20 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 1 |
| North East | - | 18 | £73,805 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | -56 | 12 | £71,991 | - | |
| West Midlands | +15 | 11 | £73,805 | +57.03% | 1 |
| Midlands | +13 | 11 | £73,805 | +29.48% | 1 |
| East of England | +20 | 2 | £42,000 | -28.81% |
COBOL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: